Yeah, I'd say say a little flash-stick would be an easier quicker way of finding out if its a drive problem or system problem. He can probably pick up a 4-8gb SanDisc for around $10 now.

It'll have to be at least 2gb to fit a GC game, all GC games are 1.35gb uncompressed (I recommend uncompressed whenever possible, some games refuse to work compressed...plus if you run Devolution in conjunction with DM as I do, Devo requires full 1:1 copies so it's a good idea anyway)

Yeah, I'd say say a little flash-stick would be an easier quicker way of finding out if its a drive problem or system problem. He can probably pick up a 4-8gb SanDisc for around $10 now.

It'll have to be at least 2gb to fit a GC game, all GC games are 1.35gb uncompressed (I recommend uncompressed whenever possible, some games refuse to work compressed...plus if you run Devolution in conjunction with DM as I do, Devo requires full 1:1 copies so it's a good idea anyway)

have tried a flash drive. had more problems with it then i did my usb (wouldnt load to nintendo sign) ill run a system check and upload the details, im pretty sure all my stuff is updated though

EDIT** trying to run system check. Keeps freezing when testing IOS30 vulnerabilities...